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16 months – was it worth the wait? You bet!

There was a time when the Mac Pro, being the top of the range in Apple’s line-up of Macs, was treated like it was the top dog. Its not been that way for a while now. Rather, Apple has seemingly all but forgotten about the pro desktop Mac and instead its been all about the iPhone and now the iPad. Even when it has remembered that it used to be famous for desktop computers (remember the excitement of the very first iMacs, then the first Intel Mac?), Apple has quickly gone back to talking about iPods, iPhones and now the iPad. Even the Magic Mouse and the new trackpad thingy has seemingly had more attention. Well, the wait is over. At last, after 16 months we have an update to the Mac Pro. Question is – was it worth it?

The very fact that you can now get a desktop Mac with 12 cores is something that a few years ago would have seemed a pipe-dream and yet here it is, in all its mouth-watering glory! So, what do you get for your money?

AS always, Apple is keen to promote its ‘green’ credentials. The new Mac Pro comes BFR-free, PVC-free (internal cables) and with the usual recyclable aluminium casing. Its also rated ENERGY STAR 5.0 and EPEAT Gold.